Sea-level Rise Around North America Upon Collapse Of Antarctic Ice Sheet To Be Higher Than Expected
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 23:35
in Earth & Climate
Geophysicists have shown that should the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse and melt in a warming world -- as many scientists are concerned it will -- it is the coastlines of North America and of nations in the southern Indian Ocean that will face the greatest threats from rising sea levels.